MATH 141 - PRECALCULUS (FALL 2010)
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¥ CORRECTION TO 0.11,
#4: The Ò7Ó should be a Ò6.Ó The corrected file is here: HW
¥ HW 1B AND ANSWERS
HAVE BEEN POSTED (I HAVE HANDED THESE OUT ALREADY).
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Syllabus (Fall 2010): Syllabus
Class Notes
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¥ You may want to take personalized Òsketch
notesÓ in class.
Notes for Quiz
1A and Quiz 1B (last revised 8/21/10)
¥ (These notes were massively revised for Fall
2010! Please Email me with
comments/suggestions.)
Chapter 0: Preliminary Topics
Chapter 1: Functions
¥ (The following notes will be revised for later
semesters. Section and page references may be inconsistent with the new
Chapters 0 and 1. Please Email me with
comments/suggestions. Should I keep revising the notes?)
Chapter 2: Polynomial and Rational Functions
Chapter 3: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Chapter 4: Trigonometry
Chapter 5: Analytic Trigonometry
Chapter 6: Additional Topics in Trigonometry
Chapter 7: Systems of Equations and Inequalities
Chapter 8: Matrices and Determinants
Chapter 9: Discrete Math
Chapter 10: Conics and Polar Coordinates [as time
permits]
(Ch.10 is mostly handwritten.)
In previous semesters, the final was cumulative.
For your information, here was the outline provided: Math141OldFinalOutline.pdf
Homework Assignments (Fall 2010; 85 points total)
¥ I will
try to provide hard-copy handouts of these in class.
#1-A: HW É Answers É (Ch.0 in my notes) (9 points) (HW Corrected 9/2/10)
#1-B: HW É Answers É (Ch.1) (6 points)
#2: HW É Answers É (Chs.2 and 3) (15 points)
#3: HW É Answers É (Ch.4) (15 points)
#4: HW É Answers É (Chs.5 and 6) (15 points)
#5: HW É Answers É (Chs.7-10) (25 points; you may
want to photocopy this before handing it in)
GO THROUGH MY HOME
PAGE (OR SEE ME) IF YOU'D LIKE TO KEEP YOUR NAME "PRIVATE" ON YOUR
HOMEWORK.
Old Exams and Solutions (Spring 2010)
WARNING: The
time allotted for the exams and their parts may differ from Spring 2010.
Quiz 1A (Ch.0
in my notes) É Solutions (1 hour and 10
minutes)
WARNINGS!
¥ Quiz 1A for Fall 2010
covers Chapter 0 in my notes. DonÕt worry about the title ÒPreliminaries and
Sections 1.1-1.3Ó – those were the corresponding sections in the old
Larson textbook I used in Spring 2010.
¥ Section 0.16 on
Variation is fair for your Quiz 1A; it was on Quiz 1B in Spring 2010.
Quiz 1B (Ch.1
in my notes) É Solutions (50 minutes)
WARNING!
¥ Quiz 1B for Fall 2010
covers Chapter 1 in my notes. DonÕt worry about the title ÒSections 1.4-1.10Ó
– those were the corresponding sections in the old Larson textbook I used
in Spring 2010.
¥ Section 0.16 on
Variation is fair for your Quiz 1A (but not 1B); it was on Quiz 1B in Spring
2010.
Midterm #2 (Chs.2
and 3) É Solutions (40 minutes for Part 1; 1
hour and 30 minutes for Part 2)
Midterm #3 (Ch.4)
É Solutions (35 minutes for Part 1; 1 hour
and 35 minutes for Part 2).
Midterm #4 (Chs.5
and 6) É Solutions (50 minutes for Part 1; 1
hour and 20 minutes for Part 2)
Final (Chs.7-10)
É Solutions (2 hours and 20 minutes)
Current Exams and Solutions (Fall 2010)
The time allotted for the exams and their parts
may differ from Spring 2010.
Exams and solutions will be posted about a week
after you take them.
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